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Sunny Sands Elementary

Regular School · Cathedral City, CA

Sunny Sands Elementary is a regular school school in Cathedral City, California, serving grades KG–05 with 692 students enrolled (SY 2024-2025). The student-teacher ratio is 21:1.

Level
Elementary
Grades
KG – 05
Enrollment
692
Teachers (FTE)
33.0
Student–Teacher Ratio
21:1
Status
Open
Lunch Program Participation
Yes under Community Eligibility Option (CEO)

Student Demographics (SY 2024-2025)

Race / Ethnicity Students Share
Hispanic/Latino 583 84%
White 51 7%
Asian 34 5%
Two or more races 16 2%
Black or African American 6 1%
American Indian / Alaska Native 2 0%
Total enrollment 692 348M / 344F

English Language Learners: 209 (30% of enrollment) · SY 2021–22

Academic Performance (SY 2021-2022)

Metric This School State Avg Tested
Math Proficiency . 33.9%
Reading Proficiency . 48.7%
Science Proficiency .

Source: EDFacts, SY 2020–2021. Suppressed values (e.g. <=10%) indicate fewer than the minimum reportable threshold.

Stanford Achievement Estimate

Pooled score across SY 2009–2022 (grades 3–8), expressed in grade levels relative to the national average. Positive = above average.

Overall (Math + ELA)
-0.18 grade levels
Math
+0.01 grade levels

Programs & Discipline

Gifted & Talented
Program offered
5 students enrolled
Out-of-School Suspensions
1
0.1% of enrollment · SY 2021–22
Chronically Absent
130
18.8% of enrollment · SY 2019–20

Source: Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC), Office for Civil Rights & EDFacts.

Lunch Program (SY 2024-2025)

Category Students % of School
Total enrollment (est.) 692 100%

Contact & Location

69-310 McCallum Way

Cathedral City, CA 92234

Phone: (760)770-8635

District

Palm Springs Unified

Per-pupil expenditure: $22,671

District enrollment: 21,029

NCES ID

062955009603

Data sources: NCES CCD SY 2024-2025 (directory, staff, lunch), EDFacts SY 2020-21 (assessments), CRDC SY 2021-22 (programs & discipline), SEDA v6.0 (achievement estimates). Updated annually. NCES CCD